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Chapter 20 – Cardiac Catheterization

Charles J. Davidson,
Robert O. Bonow

  INDICATIONS FOR DIAGNOSTIC CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, 383
  TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, 384
  Catheterization Laboratory Facilities, 384
  Catheterization Laboratory Protocol, 385
  Right-Heart Catheterization, 386
  Left-Heart Catheterization and Coronary Arteriography, 387

  HEMODYNAMIC DATA, 393
  Pressure Measurements, 393
  Cardiac Output Measurements, 396
  Evaluation of Valvular Stenosis, 398
  Measurement of Intraventricular Pressure Gradients, 400
  Assessment of Valvular Regurgitation, 400
  Shunt Determinations, 400

  PHYSIOLOGIC AND PHARMACOLOGIC MANEUVERS, 401
  Dynamic Exercise, 401
  Pacing Tachycardia, 402
  Physiologic Stress, 402
  Pharmacologic Maneuvers, 402

  ADJUNCTIVE DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, 403
  Left Ventricular Electromechanical Mapping, 403
  Intracardiac Echocardiography, 403

  COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, 404
  FUTURE PERSPECTIVES, 404
  REFERENCES, 405
Indications for Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization

As with any …